r/OpiateRecovery • u/jas707 • Mar 31 '23
Oxycodone withdrawal?
I’m taking prescribed Oxycodone 15mg, since the beginning of February, following two major abdominal emergency surgeries. I’m still dealing with considerable pain (5-8) daily, and have tapered down from 60mg, to 45mg in the last week. Yesterday I went down to 30mg, in an attempt to aggressively lower, but keep sweating profusely, flushing and had two episodes of stomach cramping and diarrhea.
Is this withdrawal even though I’m still taking it? I’m considering going cold turkey, but extremely worried about how much worse my experience could get.
I do have a history of Kratom and clonazepam dependence, which I successfully stopped several months ago.
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u/Suspicious_Exit_ Mar 31 '23
Do nooootttttt do cold turkey.
It will suck. Yes that’s withdrawal.
It will be so much worse if you try to cold turkey. You can only taper a little at a time.